'alternative china' links to articles in english about the new music scenes springing up all over china. composed by australasian diy music specialist shaun/tenzenmen (http://www.tenzenmen.com)
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The whole of Chinese music
Rock in China has expanded over the course of November. As already announced on Facebook, we got an additional domain: www.music-china.org. And along with it we got a broader perspective on the music we want to make accessible for readers worldwide!
Core in China Compilation Released
A couple of months ago, the team behind Rock in China wiki and good ‘daze friends set out to collect samplers from all around China to get a feel for what was happening in the ‘core side of things… by ‘core they meant hardcore, nintendocore and all kinds of other terms i’d never heard off. I also discovered in the process that there was something called Folkcore, I kid you not.
Interview with Road End of 1724 Records | Post Rock Label from Beijing
The Beijing Post-Rock compilation released by 1724 Records caught our eye a couple of weeks ago. And as I started to dig deeper into the post rock scene of China, I noticed that 1724 Records is quite active on Last.fm and the owner Road End is a user there. For the record, 1724 has reached over 2500 listeners with 24 thousand scrobbels. Put that in comparison with Maybe Mars Last.fm power of 8000 listeners and 100 thousand scrobbels and you will realize that 1724 has an enormous reach in the overseas market.
As such, I contacted Road End, whose real name is Niu Lei and interviewed him with our basic questionaire to bring light into the dark. Niu Lei had responded in Chinese and a dear friend of his helped with the translation. In between the answers you will find music sniplets of 1724 Records and the corresponding record cover.
Interview with Meat Sucks | Post-Hardcore from Wuhan
Post-Hardcore band Meat Sucks answered our call for CORE IN CHINA and also responded for all our interview questions.
CORE IN CHINA | Band & Song List
It has been many weeks since Rock in China announced it’s CORE IN CHINA project for the very first time. We already announced the participation deadline, closed the submissions and reviewed them in our small yet dedicated team. A couple of days ago we sent out the official selection emails and also informed those bands that didn’t make it. There was no case that we had to reject a song due to its bad quality, but with a total number of 20 songs and by far over thirty song submissions, we had to make a choice.
Interview with Mensheng (门生) | Hongkong Post Hardcore
Post Hardcore band Mensheng (门生) from Hongkong responded to Rock in China’s call for artists for CORE IN CHINA. Azchael of RiC interviewed them and Joe Wu answered:
Interview with Die In Velvet | Hongkong Hardcore
Rock in China interviewed Hongkong hardcore band DIE IN VELVET. Azchael from Rock in China and Ian from DIV.
Interview with Monkey King | Changsha Screamo / Hardcore
Rock in China interviewed Monkey King, a former screamo turned to hardcore band from Changsha. Monkey King was one of the first bands to respond to theCORE IN CHINA compilation project and they are currently recording their songs to participate. Azchael for Rock in China and Yu Bin for Monkey King.
Interview with Ashtemato | Chengdu Metalcore
Rock in China interviewed Chengdu metalcore band ASHTEMATO. Azchael for Rockinchina, Rao Rong for Ashtemato.
Interview with Moon Tyrant | Shanghai Rock/Metal
Rock in China interviewed Shanghai rock band MOON TYRANT about their previous touring, WE ARE SHANGHAI and a couple of other things. Azchael for Rock in China, “I:” for Ivan, JC for JC, “M:” for Murray and “J:” for Jaret, otherwise Moon Tyrant for Moon Tyrant.
Interview with Friend or Foe | Shanghainese Aliens playing Rock, Punk, Dance music
Rock in China interviewed Shanghai rock band Friend or Foe via modern technology wonder Skype. Azchael for Rock in China.
Interview with Zang Nan Recording | Shanghai Indie Music Label
On January 18th 2012, Azchael of Rock in China and Nichols of Zang Nan Recordings exchanged an email interview about the record label, the Shanghai music scene and their compilation “We Are Shanghai“.
Interview with Pairs
Made possible by the wonders of modern technology and a company called Skype, MLvS of Rock in China (RiC) and Xiao Zhong from Shanghai noise rock / DIY outfit Pairs went into a conversation on the band and the scene.
Rock and Underground music from China, a group on Flickr. Hi everybody, a couple of weeks ago we crossed the 6000 photos mark at our Rock in China Flickr!6000+ Photos: Rock and Underground music from China
